Brienne-le-Château

Commune in Grand Est, France

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Commune in Grand Est, France

Coat of arms

Location of Brienne-le-Château

(2020–2026) Laurent Sibois^[1]Area

21.56 km² (8.32 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,738 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

10064 /10500

Elevation112–167 m (367–548 ft)
(avg. 126 m or 413 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brienne-le-Château (French pronunciation: [bʁijɛn lə ʃɑto]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is located 1 mile (2 km) from the right bank of the river Aube and 26 miles northeast of Troyes.

History

It was the centre of the medieval County of Brienne, whose lords, first counts and eventually dukes, had a claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. John of Brienne ( c. 1170 – 27 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 (and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237). He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy Champagne.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1779 to 1784) (French Emperor)
Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski (1783) (Polish general)
Louis-Nicolas Davout (French Marshal)
Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux (French emigre soldier)

In 1814, it was the site of the Battle of Brienne, when the Sixth Coalition invaded France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,968	—
1800	1,967	−0.01%
1806	1,859	−0.94%
1821	1,747	−0.41%
1831	1,920	+0.95%
1836	2,002	+0.84%
1841	1,830	−1.78%
1846	1,886	+0.60%
1851	1,880	−0.06%
1856	2,013	+1.38%
1861	2,057	+0.43%
1866	2,078	+0.20%
1872	1,886	−1.60%
1876	1,889	+0.04%
1881	1,918	+0.31%
1886	1,872	−0.48%
1891	1,732	−1.54%
1896	1,701	−0.36%
1901	1,753	+0.60%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,872	+1.32%
1911	1,815	−0.62%
1921	1,708	−0.61%
1926	1,932	+2.50%
1931	2,218	+2.80%
1936	2,232	+0.13%
1946	1,972	−1.23%
1954	2,177	+1.24%
1962	3,534	+6.24%
1968	3,939	+1.82%
1975	4,033	+0.34%
1982	4,060	+0.10%
1990	3,752	−0.98%
1999	3,336	−1.30%
2007	3,175	−0.62%
2012	2,987	−1.21%
2017	2,826	−1.10%
2020	2,754	−0.86%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Brienne-le-Château, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: M.P. (1911). "Brienne-le-Château". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.